Jury instructions in North Carolina are outlined in North Carolina’s Pattern Jury Instructions for Civil Cases, Rule 101.25. N.C. PATTERN JURY INSTR. CIVIL 101.25 (2016). This rule alerts the jury that expert witnesses are allowed to testify as to their opinions. Id. It also instructs the jury that regardless of the witness’s status as [...]
Jury instructions regarding expert witnesses are outlined in New Mexico’s Uniform Jury Instructions, Civil rule 13-213. UNIFORM JURY INSTR. N.M. 13-213 (2017). This rule instructs the jury that expert witnesses are permitted to testify as to their opinions given their expertise. Id. Additionally, the jury should consider “the reasons stated for an opinion” to [...]
Jury instructions regarding expert witnesses in New Jersey are outlined in New Jersey’s Model Civil Jury Charges, Rule 1.13. N.J. MODEL CIVIL JURY CHARGES 1.13 (1995). This rule explains to the jury that experts are permitted to give their opinions while testifying relating to subject matters that the expert is qualified in. Id. This [...]
Jury instructions regarding expert witnesses in New Hampshire are outlined in New Hampshire’s Civil Jury Instructions, rule 4.3. N.H. CIVIL JURY INSTR. 4.3 (2016). This rule instructs the jury that experts are permitted to testify as to their opinions in a case given their status as an expert. Id. The jury is told that [...]
Jury instructions regarding expert witnesses in Nebraska are outlined in Nebraska’s Jury Instructions, Civil rule 1.42. NEB. JURY INSTR. CIVIL 1.42 (2016). This rule instructs the jury that expert witnesses can testify as to the subject matter that they are experts in. Id. The jury is to “determine what weight, if any, to give [...]
Jury instructions regarding witnesses in Montana are outlined in Montana’s Rules on Evidence, rule 26-1-303. MONT. CODE ANN. § 26-1-303 (2017). This rule provides overarching rules that that govern how the jury should evaluate the evidence presented to it during the trial. Id. The rule states that the jury should decide what to believe [...]
Jury instructions regarding expert witnesses are outlined in Maine’s Pattern Criminal Jury Instructions, rule 3.06. ME. PATTERN CRIM. JURY INSTR. 3.06 (2002). This rule instructs the jury that it does not have to accept the testimony of any witness if it does not feel the witness is credible. Id. The jury has the duty [...]
Just instructions regarding expert witnesses in Idaho are outlined in Idaho’s Criminal Jury Instructions, Rule 345. IDAHO CRIM. JURY INSTR. 345 (2017). This rule instructs the jury that it should analyze each expert’s testimony and determine how much weight to give each expert. Id. When determining the weight to give each expert, the jury [...]
Jury instructions regarding expert witnesses in Hawaii are outlined in Hawaii’s Civil Jury Instructions, rule 5.4. HAW. CIVIL JURY INSTR. 5.4 (1999). This rule instructs the jury that experts are given that title based on their “education, experience, training or otherwise.” Id. Given this, experts can testify as to their opinions and reasons for [...]
Jury instructions regarding expert witnesses in Delaware are outlined in Delaware’s Civil Pattern Jury Instructions, § 23.10 and § 23.11. DEL. CIVIL PATTERN JURY INSTR. § 23.10 (1998). This rule instructs the jury that experts have a “special skill or knowledge” that makes their knowledge base greater than that of the “average person” based [...]